SPURIOUS CORRELATION

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N., Pam M.S.
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the situation where variables are correlated through their common relationship with one or more other variables but not through a causal mechanism. Have a look on third-variable problem.

SPURIOUS CORRELATION: "Spurious correlation deals with the relationship of variables."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. SUPPRESSOR VARIABLE
  2. CAUSAL ORDERING
  3. MONOTONIC RELATIONSHIP
  4. LINEARITY
  5. BISERIAL CORRELATION
  6. CONCOMITANT VARIATION
  7. FALSE ANALOGY
  8. CANONICAL CORRELATION
  9. MODERATOR VARIABLE
  10. PARTIAL CORRELATION
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SPURIOUS CORRELATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/spurious-correlation/ (accessed April 6, 2020).
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